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title: עֲמַשְׁסַי — Amashai · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עֲמַשְׁסַי (6023), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: Amashai. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עֲמַשְׁסַי

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«עֲמַשְׁסַי» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Amashai** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** 6023 · **BDB:** עֲמַשְׁסַי

### Glosses

Amashsai (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Amashai [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6023/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6023/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. (prob. textual error for foreg., Ol§ 2771, cf. Thes1004);—a priest Ne 11:13, Αμασεια \[-σαι\], = מִעֲשַׂי 1 Ch 9:12 (Μαασαια \[-σει\]).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «עֲמַשְׁסַי» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6023/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Nehemiah 11:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH.11.13/)

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וְאֶחָיו֙ רָאשִׁ֣ים לְאָב֔וֹת מָאתַ֖יִם אַרְבָּעִ֣ים וּשְׁנָ֑יִם וַעֲמַשְׁסַ֧י בֶּן־עֲזַרְאֵ֛ל בֶּן־אַחְזַ֥י בֶּן־מְשִׁלֵּמ֖וֹת בֶּן־אִמֵּֽר׃

*Word for word:* and brothers his heads of fathers two.hundred forty and two and Amashsai the.son of.Azarel the.son of.Ahzai the.son of.Meshillemoth the.son of.Immer

*JPS 1917:* and his brethren, chiefs of fathers' houses, two hundred forty and two; and Amashsai the son of Azarel, the son of Ahzai, the son of Meshillemoth, the son of Immer,

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